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sophaylavender
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31 Jul 2014, 4:59 pm

What advice would you give to someone to help them with their autistic burnouts??



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31 Jul 2014, 5:55 pm

Follow a schedule and think what you are going to do before you do it. Don't do to much on a day and take a rest if you have done a lot. Even 20 minutes shutting your eyes can help very well.



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31 Jul 2014, 8:21 pm

Listen to your body. If you feel terrible, if your mood is often bad, if you aren't sleeping, if you keep getting acne or infections or other weird medical stuff, you need to change something, and maybe you need to just stop doing something altogether. Don't just hope it will get better. Also, don't try to drug yourself to cope.



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31 Jul 2014, 9:24 pm

Good advice already.

This talk by Michelle Vines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_TIztg7GuI touches on autistic burnout and practical steps to minimise the impact and to avoid it as far as possible.